Paul Muldoon, New Yorker poetry editor

Here is an interesting interview with Paul Muldoon, the new poetry editor of the New Yorker. He writes lyrics for his rock and roll band in addition to teaching poetry at Princeton, in addition to his gig at the New Yorker. Talking about formal structure in rock lyrics as a way of talking about formal structure in poetry he says that building a building as a rectangle with four walls happens to be a very useful way to build a house. Nothing mystical. Just figure out a way to make it work. Worth a listen.

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